Quotes About Heritage

I do not consider myself a Hispanic writer.

I feel like decades ago it was either you're black, white, Asian or Hispanic, or whatever, but today we see more of an acceptance for people with multi-nationalities.

My children don't look Hispanic.

I'm full Hispanic.

I'm very proud of the fact that I am of Hispanic descent.

I don't have a big thing about leaving my mark or being historic.

Everyone knows Chadwell Heath; it's historic.

I would like people to get a differentiated historical view of Germany.

Historically, in the world of architecture, enormous amounts of care and energy have been lavished on things that are almost a cliched idea of culture.

The idea that all we have is everything that's come before us, and we are the accumulated weight of our own personal histories, is a beautiful concept. And yet it also leaves you asking, 'Is that all there is? Is that all that defines us? Is that all we have?'

We are not makers of history. We are made by history.

Never, ever forget history.

You either make money, or you make history.

Black history is American history.

You can't erase history.

If you forget your history, you forget who you are.

I'm passionate about holding on to my heritage and sharing it with family and friends, and cooking is a great way to do this.

There is something in the place where we were born that holds us always by the heart-strings.

In China there is a holiday around the death of your ancestors where everyone goes to the cemetery. It's a celebratory thing. It's very colorful.

My father is Moroccan and I have fond childhood memories of holidays there.

My mother is Jewish. We celebrated all the Jewish holidays at home.

I'm basically a homegrown American.

I live in New York. I go to dance class; I do theatre. When things are sent to me, if I like them, I push to do them. And I would absolutely love to do anything that's part of my dad's homeland.

Only Arab Israel, the land of Israel, is our true homeland.